You mean maven plugin:uninstall? It is only there for running on a plugin source tree though.
Was there a reason you needed to remove the old plugin? It should be completely overridden by the new one. - Brett On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 16:37:16 -0500, Eric Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for all of your help everyone. I used the dependency method, which > I found to be much superior to plugin:download or plugin:install since a > user may not have permissions to install a plugin into the > MAVEN_HOME/plugins directory. With the dependency method, I found it > difficult to upgrade the plugin unless I manually deleted what was > installed or specified SNAPSHOT as the version. After reading some older > mailings(specifically between Ben Gridley and Brett Porter), I used > modified Ben's script as follows: > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > > <project > xmlns:j="jelly:core" > xmlns:ant="jelly:ant"> > > <goal name="ccplugin:delete"> > <j:forEach var="dep" items="${pom.dependencies}"> > <j:if test="${dep.type =='plugin'}"> > <!-- > <maven:get plugin="${dep.artifactId}" property="plugin" > var="plugin" /> > --> > <!-- Clean out the cache files --> > <attainGoal name="plugin:uninstall" /> > > <!-- Set the variables --> > <j:set var="groupId" value="${dep.groupId}"/> > <j:set var="artifactId" value="${dep.artifactId}"/> > <j:set var="version" value="${dep.version}"/> > <j:set var="pluginname" value="${artifactId}-${version}"/> > > <!-- Check if the plugin is in the main maven plugins directory --> > <ant:available property="mainplugin" > file="${maven.plugin.dir}/${pluginname}.jar" /> > <j:if test="${mainplugin == 'true'}"> > <ant:echo message="${maven.plugin.dir}/${pluginname}.jar is in > the main maven plugins directory" /> > <!-- This is kindof dangerous as it would effect all users and > may fail if not owned by the user --> > <ant:delete file="${maven.plugin.dir}/${pluginname}.jar" />" > </j:if> > > <!-- Remove from the user's plugin directory. --> > <ant:available property="userplugin" > file="${maven.plugin.user.dir}/${pluginname}.jar" /> > <j:if test="${userplugin == 'true'}"> > <ant:echo message="Removing '${pluginname}' from > '${maven.plugin.dir}'" /> > <ant:delete file="${maven.plugin.user.dir}/${pluginname}.jar" />" > </j:if> > > <!-- Remove from the user's cache directory. This isn't really > necessary since we'll delete > the jar in the repository which will cause the plugin to be > re-downloaded --> > <ant:available property="usercache" > file="${maven.plugin.unpacked.dir}/${pluginname}" /> > <j:if test="${usercache == 'true'}"> > <ant:echo message="Removing ${pluginname} from > ${maven.plugin.unpacked.dir}" /> > <ant:delete dir="${maven.plugin.unpacked.dir}/${pluginname}" > includeEmptyDirs="true" /> > </j:if> > > <!-- Remove from the user's repository directory. --> > <ant:available property="userrepoplugin" > file="${maven.repo.local}/${groupId}/plugins/${pluginname}.jar" /> > <j:if test="${userrepoplugin == 'true'}"> > <ant:echo message="Removing '${pluginname}' from > '${maven.repo.local}'" /> > <ant:delete > file="${maven.repo.local}/${groupId}/plugins/${pluginname}.jar" /> > </j:if> > > </j:if> > </j:forEach> > </goal> > </project> > > I think this kind of functionality might be useful in the main Maven > plugin plugin. I'm adding this to jira for the maven-plugin-plugin project > as a 'wish' issue type. > > Eric > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]